Improvement in washing-machines



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Letters Patent No. 111,958, dated February 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, Enwnr W. MAXsoN, of Scranton, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in lVashing-Machines, of which the following is a speciiication. Y

Figure 1 is a sectionalV elevation;

Figure 2, a partial side elevation; and

Figure 3, a transverse vertical section.

This invent-ion relates to a washing-machine having an elastic sectional false bottom, and a tinted roller hinged in a peculiarl manner, whose oiicc is to play back and forth over said bottom, and which is mounted in a slide that enables said roller to be transferred from one part of the tub to another.

Referring to the drawingc is the tub.

b are two bars, secured transversely of the tub, one near each end thereof, and at a suitable distance from the bottom of the same.

c are slats placed side by side lengthwise of the tub, corrugated on their upper surfaces crosswise of the tub, and sufficient in number to form an entire false bottom for the latter, said slats being held above the true bottom and in contact with the cross-bars b by springs d, of which there are two to each slat, said springs at their lower ends being passed under hooks e, fastened in the slats, and at their upper ends being passed over pins i driven into the cross-bars.

By this means either the whole of the false bot-tom, which is the one on which the clothesrest, or any one ot' its sections, is enabled to lyield to any necessary extent.

, Friction is put upon the clothes by a tinted roller, f, that is mounted crosswise of the tub between the lower ends ot' a pair of parallel hangers, h, that are rigidly connected by a cross-bar, 7:.

- Each hanger is supported between a pair of standards, Z l', the standards l heilig attached to the side pieces of the sliding frame A B, and the standards Z' being attached to the end pieces thereof, and the two standards of cach pair being connected at their upper extremities byrails fm, from diagonally opposite ycor-y ners of each ot' which rails arms u extend downward wise of the box so as to place the ro to thc standards, said arms being provided with setscrews o that pass through slots in the standards, the oirice ot' the slots and set-screws being to enable the rails an, to be fixed at any height above the false bottom of the tub that may best be suited to the quantity of clothes therein.

To one of the upper out-side corners ol' each hanger h, is jointed one extremity of a plate, o, the other extremity ot' which is jointed to that' one oi' the arms 'n that is on the same side ot' the hanger with itself'.

To thc'diagonally-opposite inside upper corner ot' each hanger is likewise jointed one extremity of au exactly similar plate, o2, the other extremity ot' which is also jointed to that one of the arms n which is ou thc same side of the hanger with itself.

This double hinge enables the hangers to be vibrated to each side of the perpendicular by means of the levers o', which are fastened to the outsides of the l han gers, andare bent outward so as to clear the frame A B, and are connected at their outer ends by crossbar s. By vibrating the hangers, the roller f is drawn backward and forward over the clothes.

The side pieces A of the sliding frame have longitudinal rails t attached to their lower and outer corners, which rails have inner` inclined, sides and fit plates t' secured to the upper and outer corners of the tub a, by which arrangement the frame is kept in place and rendered capable of being moved lengthller wherever it maybe most needed Y I claim as my invention- 1,. The hanger k, when connected with its supporting standards by bars ol o2, all constructed, arranged, and operating as speciiied and shown.

2. The arrangement of the hangers h, bars 01o",

adj nstabls rails m, standards l, sliding frame AB, and roller f, all constructed and operating as specified and shown. n

ERWIN `VV. lVIAXSON. Witnesses:

O. B. WRIGHT, H; W. BnssAc. 

